Alright.
So my wife, who's somewhat right of Sarah Palin, wasn't as amused with my rip on Jane Taber yesterday.. so I'll be a little less strident today in my media commentary.
For those who haven't seen the (narrow) View clip yesterday, you may find this as amusing as I did:
Let's break it down, to really understand just who the "pinhead" was, to use Joy Behar's mature commentary on Bill O'Reilly:
a) They are discussing why Barak Obama has plummeted in his approval ratings;
b) O'Reilly offers that perhaps it's because of the gulf between Obama and the hearts and minds of average Americans, specifically, on the Ground Zero Mosque issue;
c) Joy Behar, at :29 into this clip, then exhibits her mature and thoughtful response when someone disagrees with her by putting "bunny ears" behind O'Reilly, and squealing, "pinhead, pinhead". Effective retort Ms. Behar, thoughtful and responsive I'm sure;
d) O'Reilly continues, offering up the fact that 70% of Americans disagree with the appropriateness of the Mosque being built near the 9-11 site, at which time, the insipid Joy Behar then again disagrees suggesting that "she" is American and she agrees with him.. and says, "show me the polls";
e) O'Reilly then offers to place a bet respecting the poll, because unlike Joy Behar, he is aware of what's going on in America beyond the liberal thought vacuum, and upon it appearing that she is going to be shown to be the dunce that she is, Ms. Behar then returns to the "well, I'm American" shtick..
f) Whoopi Goldberg, knowing that O'Reilly is correct, then essentially suggests that Americans are just wrong to not like Obama's position.. and when O'Reilly explains the obvious - that Americans are aware that Muslims killed Americans on 9-11.. which apparently, according to Behar is "hate speech" and her and Goldberg continue their intelligent response to a point they disagree with by walking off of their own show.
Now.
Whether you agree with O'Reilly or not regarding the "appropriateness" of the Mosque, he was correct (thought marginally exaggerating) because a widely publicized CNN Poll (not Fox News) found that 68% of Americans disagree with the wisdom of the location of the Mosque.
So.
Behar is just wrong. And she probably knew it.
Now.
Whether you agree with O'Reilly or not, a significant majority of Americans feel strongly about their innocent citizens being attacked on 9-11, and they are very aware that the killings took place in the name of Islam.
Is anyone up in arms and offended when we talk about the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbour? It wasn't ALL of the Japanese people who attacked Pearl Harbour..
The other point, which is more subtle, but perhaps more significant, is the way in which Goldberg and Behar just blithely ignore the feelings of so many people who disagree with them.
The perspective of the liberal elite - I don't need to listen to you because you're just not as smart as me.. but don't ask me to back up what I say, and don't confuse my superior intellect with things like "facts".
Personally, I think the most profound discussion I've ever witnessed on the view was the following:
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What a bunch of left wing lunatic feminist bimbos.
I just watched Showbiz Tonight on HLN/CNN and the host and another guest said that they do not think it was appropriate for Goldberg and Behar to walk off the show on a guest. They spoke of how there have been other heated moments on the program, but it's normally between the hosts (ie, Rosie O'Donnel vs Elisabeth Hasselback - sp?).But that it was not right to act like that towards a guest on the show, whether they were angry with him or not. In my thoughts, they were all ready prepared to walk off the stage the moment he said something they didnt like - and they KNEW there would be something.
Makes me wonder about CNN's Joy Behar show. They canned Rick Sanchez after he spouted off on a radio program a couple weeks ago... when will Behar spout something on the View that gets her canned as well.... tick tock tick tock.
The View is a rich environment for unintentional comedy. It reminded me of an SNL or MAD TV sketch with the best bit being Baba Wawa admonishing Joy and the Whoopster for being unprofessional......funny stuff on soo many levels.
Jane reminds me of a sun-dried tomato, an acquired taste.
If you replay the bit, W.G. is telling Bill off for citing a fact their shared religion made up 100% men. He did not invoke their nationality because no pattern existed Fifteen of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt (Atta), and one from Lebanon.
She livid that Bill used the word Muslim and quickly offered Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma Bomber) believing he was a Christian.
The View,The Daily Show is an entertainment program that caters to Liberals to make them feel good.
The existence of non-Liberals and non Liberal values are not tolerated well on either show.
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